The Reliance Industries is building one of world’s biggest zoos, in terms of number and species of animals at one place, in Gujarat’s Jamnagar.
The project is being developed under Anant Ambani, the younger son of Reliance Industries’ chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani.
Name of the Zoo
The Zoo will be called as ‘Greens Zoological, Rescue & Rehabilitation Kingdom’.
All the required approvals from concerned central and state government authorities have already been obtained by the company.
Location
The zoo will be built on about 280 acres of land close to the company’s refinery project at Moti Khavdi near Jamnagar, the world’s largest oil refining complex where it operates a petrochemicals project as well.
Well Diversified
The zoo will be well Diversified with various sections like ‘Forest of India’, ‘Frog House’, ‘Insect Life’, ‘Dragon’s Land’, ‘Exotic Island’, ‘Wild Trail of Gujarat’ and ‘Aquatic Kingdom’ among others.
Species in Sections
The zoo will house close to 100 different species of animals, birds and reptiles from India and across the world.
The species includes barking deers, slender loris, sloth bears, fishing cats, komodo dragons, Indian wolves and Rosy pelicans.
The frog house will have about 200 amphibians while the aquatic kingdom will house around 350 fishes.
Animals like the African Lion, Cheetah, Jaguar, Indian Wolf, Asiatic Lion, Pygmy Hippo, Orangutan, Lemur, Fishing Cat, Sloth Bear, Bengal Tiger, Malayan Tapir, Gorilla, Zebra, Giraffe, African elephant and Komodo Dragon are expected to be part of the zoo.
Public Opening
The zoo is expected to open for public in the next two years if the project doesn’t face any further postponement.
However, the project is already delayed due to covid 19.
